It's official! I'm Not Dying is now available on iTunes. What that means for y'all is that you can now easily purchase and download my latest album right to your "iDevice." From what I can tell most of us are listening to music on our phones, and most of us have iPhones. Sweet, so stop checking Twitter and go download the album. If you are a rebellious sort then you can still go to my Bandcamp site and download it in whatever audio format you want. You can also follow Pedrodomus on Soundcloud and listen to selections from my albums, plus some other hidden gems. Word to the bird….
"I'm Not Dying" Now Available!
Today I am happy to announce that my latest album is available for your consumption. It is called I'm Not Dying and you can get it here. For now the album is available on my Bandcamp page, and will shortly be on iTunes, Spotify, and whatever other major services you listen to your music on. I have grown throughout the making of this album as the music should reflect. I have learned tons about my own workflow and creativity, and have been aided by some great people and musical minds. I'd like to thank those people below:
First off I'd to thank all people that performed on this record. I'm grateful I know so many talented musicians that are willing to work for beer, food, or whatever I have lying around the studio. Everyone worked hard and pushed me to stay on my toes during the production process. I'm learning a human being is only as strong as the people he/she surrounds themselves with, and these people proved that. So thank you and I hope everyone enjoys the spoils of their hard work. Here are their names in no particular order: Garrett Tegano (memo), Chris Marrone, Evy Ortiz, and Nate Crepeault (Deferlow).
I also have to thank the man who made these tracks come to life, and that is Christopher Botta. He worked tirelessly in his studio, Staple Chest Audio, and made my songs better versions of themselves. A true engineering artist.
Big ups to Scooter Sebastian for the beautiful drawing he created for this release. He took some basic direction and made a unique image that breathes even more life into the music. I'm a sucker for good album art, and I couldn't be more proud of how this album looks.
Thanks to Nate Wood at Kerseboom Mastering. He mastered the album and made sure it won't blow your ears off.
Finally thanks to friends and family that helped with getting this album pressed and released. Making an album is expensive, and we wouldn't be enjoying this music if it weren't for a few people willing to finance this project. Thank you, you know who you are.
Here's to a happy New Year, and many more albums to come in the future.
Free Music on Bandcamp!
In order to mentally prepare for the upcoming release of my latest album I have made all albums on my bandcamp site free to download. If you're not into paying for music (which I totally understand) then this is a perfect opportunity for you. On top of offering all my music for free I will be handing out discounted pre-orders on my upcoming release, I'm Not Dying, to anyone who downloads a Pedrodomus record during this period. All of this will be done through bandcamp.com. If you are not familiar with this site I highly recommend checking it out. All it takes is an email address, and an open mind. There's tons of great musicians releasing their tunes through bandcamp from DIY artists to major labels. Plus lots of musicians are just asking for a dollar or simply your email address to download their music. Go discover some new tunes and get some old school Pedrodomus as it won't be free forever. http://pedrodomus.bandcamp.com
What's in a Name?
I'm not dying! No seriously, I'm not dying. Some may say, "hey pete, everyone is technically dying at varying speeds," but I say "wrong." Yes we will all meet our maker one day, but how many times during your day, your week, your life have you said "oh well, I'm a day closer to death?" Unless you are a very morbid individual the answer is probably not too often. The truth is most of us, including myself, live life with a sort of blind sense of hope that guides us through our days on this planet.
I'm Not Dying Album Art. Artist: Scooter Sebastian
It is this hope that helps us make decisions, that gives us motivation, and helps shape our view of humanity and our universe. It is the hope that we will live to see tomorrow, or next week, or if we're lucky next century. It gives us reason to leave a legacy. Now I'm not trying to be all cliché and such, but we are such optimistic creatures (most of us) that we tend to think of being in a state of living, not a state of dying in which we inevitably reach the end of our waking life. Songs have been written, poems recited, and canvases splashed with the goal of putting a finger on exactly what this optimism is and where it came from. Sometimes it is as simple as Eddie Veder put it: "ahhhhh uhhhh ohhhhh I'm still alive ehhhhh." But the endeavor of uncovering the mystery of humanity's hope for tomorrow is a more complicated task. The key is understanding that we all have this optimism in us, but everyone's is slightly different and made under different circumstances.
That is what the goal of this latest burst of musical expression has become for me. (Burst is actually a terrible word to describe it. It's been more of a sticky stagnated attempt at expressing myself. Take a half full jar if honey and turn it upside down. Yea, you get the picture.) I have attempted to create a sonic arrangement of the things that keep me moving. From the love of life, to the love of women. From overly sober days wasting away in the studio to debaucherous nights that I can hardly remember. These are the counterpoints that make life interesting, and give us reasons to see another day. Hence the title I chose for this album: I'm Not Dying. This album has been a labor of introspection and honesty; the search for the real me. So take it as you will. I hope you all will like the music, but that's not really point of making it. It's simply a joy to realize I'm alive and definitely not dying. Seriously I'm Not Dying.
It won't be long,
Pete
No Fux Given
Fancy footwork required.
Honestly, I really just want a blog post on the top of my site to have that title. It should weed out any prospect with ears and a mouth that thinks we have a responsibility to protect our youth from the horrors of the Internet. As my boy Nate would say, I don't want any saps listening to my music. I don't need any self-denying hipsters to comment saying that my use of classic song form is neither groundbreaking nor highly developed. What am I talking about? I'm a hipster and damn proud to say it. (Not that it matters.) I give zero fux! Well actually I do and would be much obliged if all those demographics I slighted earlier picked up my albums of musical musings for 3-10 bucks a pop. Thnx ;)
New digs: Pacha Mama Studios
What a hilarious expression! Anyone substituting 'cks' with an 'x' is just flat out brilliant. Seriously, I giggle every time I say it but only because I envision the letter 'x' snuggling up next to 'f' and 'u' and telling them "I can love you better than 'c,' 'k,' and 's.' Oh and I fuck better too." Then again I can be easily amused.
New music from Pedrodomus (yea that's me) is coming. Consider this the first official announcement after being noncommittal since my noncommittal "Lampshades" release. I will be giving everyone more info on a specific name and date for this upcoming album, but I can tell you this: it is an LP with about 8 tracks ranging from 5-7 minutes long each. There is a lot of me playing guitar and sadly enough singing into a microphone. There are guests and new voices on this album. I am extremely proud and can't wait to share it. Should be sometime in the early stages of 2014.
